Terahertz conductivity of topological surface states in Bi 1.5 Sb 0.5 Te 1.8 Se 1.2

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tang, Chi Sin ^a   Xia, Bin ^a   Zou, Xingquan ^a   Chen, Shi ^a   Ou, Hong Wei ^b   Wang, Lan ^a   Rusydi, A ^b   Zhu, Jian Xin ^c   Chia, Elbert E M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84890748918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03513     Document Type: Article

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